AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
BRAINTREE AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND
YOUTH BUILD BOSTON

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Braintree Area Office, Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (MA DOS), and Youth Build Boston (YBB) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, MA DOS, and YBB hereby renew the Alliance signed December 19, 2008 and renewed May 3, 2016, with a continued emphasis on providing YBB members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers Specifically, all organizations are committed to providing OSHA, MA DOS, and YBB members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect young workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). Through the Alliance, the organizations will continue to address the four focus hazards in construction including recognizing and avoiding fall hazards, safety and health training requirements, worker’s rights and the responsibilities of employers.

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the Alliance’s activities. Alliance participants also agree to meet the requirements for program participation laid out in the “Fundamental Requirements for OSHA Alliance Program Participants” and the “Guidelines for OSHA’s Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects.”

Through the Alliance, the organizations will use injury, illness, and hazard exposure data, when appropriate, to help identify areas of emphasis for Alliance awareness, outreach, and communication activities. The Alliance will also explore and implement selected options, including but not limited to member surveys, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Alliance and measure the impact of its overall effort on improving workplace safety and health. In renewing this Alliance, OSHA, MA DOS, and YBB recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and On-Site Consultation Project partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort, and that information about the products and activities of the Alliance may be shared with these partners for the advancement of common goals.

Raising Awareness: Outreach and Communication

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• To share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Local Initiatives (Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, Outreach), and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and communicate such information (e.g., print and social media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA’s, MA DOS, and YBB Web sites) to employers and workers in the industry.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA’s, MA DOS, and YBB conferences, local meetings, and OSHA Safety Stand Down events.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on best safety and health practices to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• To share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding YBB best practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum) developed by YBB.
• To collaborate with other Alliance participants on the focus four hazards in the residential construction industry.
• To develop and disseminate case studies and best practices and best practices on YBB job sites and publicize their results.
• To encourage YBB to build relationships with OSHA’s Regional and Area Offices and OSHA Consultation to address health and safety issues, including Safety Stand Down events.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• To develop effective training and education programs for young inner city workers regarding safety and health hazards in residential construction and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• To develop effective training and education programs for young people to promote understanding of workers’ rights, including the use of the OSHA complaint process, and the responsibilities of employers and to communicate such information to workers and employers.
• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of OSHA- 10 hour Construction Safety courses.

OSHA’s Alliances provide parties an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA’s initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and its Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with a party, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that party’s products or services.

An implementation team made up of representatives of each organization will meet one to two times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Braintree Area Office and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan States’ and OSHA On-Site Consultation Projects’ participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for five years. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days’ written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this, 8 day of May, 2019.